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  1. Congress forbids FFA regulating hobby aircraft on Drones Under 2kg May Be Set Free Under Forthcoming FAA Rules (suasnews.com) · · Score: 0

    See the snip below from the FFA modernization and reform act of 2012. You will see that Congress specificly FORBIDS the FFA from creating ANY new rules in regard to model/hobby aircraft. So from a legal standpoint this and the initial attempt to regulate hobby aircraft is unconstitutional. You can find the full documents @ https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/...

    SEC. 336. SPECIAL RULE FOR MODEL AIRCRAFT.
    (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law
    relating to the incorporation of unmanned aircraft systems into Federal
    Aviation Administration plans and policies, including this subtitle,
    the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may
    not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft,
    or an aircraft being developed as a model aircraft, if—
    (1) the aircraft is flown strictly for hobby or recreational
    use;
    (2) the aircraft is operated in accordance with a community-based
    set of safety guidelines and within the programming
    of a nationwide community-based organization;
    (3) the aircraft is limited to not more than 55 pounds unless
    otherwise certified through a design, construction, inspection,
    flight test, and operational safety program administered
    by a community-based organization;
    (4) the aircraft is operated in a manner that does not interfere
    with and gives way to any manned aircraft; and
    (5) when flown within 5 miles of an airport, the operator
    of the aircraft provides the airport operator and the airport air
    traffic control tower (when an air traffic facility is located at
    the airport) with prior notice of the operation (model aircraft
    operators flying from a permanent location within 5 miles of an
    airport should establish a mutually-agreed upon operating procedure
    with the airport operator and the airport air traffic control
    tower (when an air traffic facility is located at the airport)).
    (b) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall
    be construed to limit the authority of the Administrator to pursue
    enforcement action against persons operating model aircraft who endanger
    the safety of the national airspace system.
    (c) MODEL AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘model
    aircraft’’ means an unmanned aircraft that is—
    (1) capable of sustained flight in the atmosphere;
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    (2) flown within visual line of sight of the person operating
    the aircraft; and
    (3) flown for hobby or recreational purposes.

  2. I would stop using Apple if the DID comply. on Arizona County Attorney To Ditch iPhones Over Apple Dispute With FBI (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't want anyone bypassing my login to gain access to my phone, especially the government! How do people get this so twisted??? I will not use any device that has a known backdoor in it, for any use!

    That lock keeps people out... the only exception I want for that is for people, like myself, who know the code.

    I applaud Apple for not rolling over on this.

    Nick

  3. How would the money be split? What's the incentive on Study: Ad-Free Internet Would Cost Everyone $230-a-Year · · Score: 1

    OK, so everyone pays $230... how do they pay the websites that you visit? What represents ads? One could argue that www.apple.com is one giant ad for Apple products, right?

  4. Staples' My Easy 3d is MUCH better! Print ANYTHING on 3-D Printing Comes To Amazon · · Score: 2

    With Staples' My Easy 3d you can print ANYTHING! It looks like Amazon's solution is to let you personalize objects, not create your own.

    http://staples.myeasy3d.com/in...

    Amazon's 3D Print... uhmm well all I can say is LAME!

  5. Crime is not going away! on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    Criminals are not going away, ever... If there is a system they will find a way around it, through it, or profit from it. If the system is so locked down to keep that from happening a new system will be built to support vice.

    People want what they want, regardless of the legal or morality of said things. To think it can been eliminated by getting rid of cash is just naive.

  6. They still sell service, just not run new fiber on No FiOS In Boston? We'll Make an Ad Anyway · · Score: 3, Informative

    I live in the Boston area, Marlborough, and FiOS is still in business and selling FiOS. What they won't do is run new fiber to a building that doesn't already have it. They still advertise trying to get people to connect that do have the fiber already ran.

    I have moved twice and have been able to purchase FiOS is both locations.

    So, unless the commercial talks about running cable the argument doesn't make much since.

  7. Stop worrying about other peoples lives! on GTA V Proves a Lot of Parents Still Don't Know or Care About ESRB Ratings · · Score: 1

    It's WELL within the parent's rights to ignore ratings, be unaware of them, or simply not to care about the ratings.

    Who cares? Mind your own business! It's not your job to police the morality of others, we have plenty of laws to take care of that.

    How is it that so many people have nothing to worry about in their own house that they have to start telling me how I should live in mine? I'm getting sick of it!

  8. Secret Court? What's next Secret Police? on Secret Court Upholds Phone Data Collection · · Score: 1

    Civil liberties? What's that?

    "I am above the law!"

  9. if something happens shutdown and wait on How Do We Program Moral Machines? · · Score: 1

    It depends, if the bus is empty or full of kids. This is just one example... I doubt there will ever be enough information to program for all circumstances . It will be more like if something happens shutdown and wait for human instruction on how to proceed. Wouldn't there be a network in which the robotic cars could warn others in time to avoid having to make such choice in the first place?

    Also, I do not think it will be the gap between how safely an automated vehicle drives as compared to a human counterpart that will stop humans from driving. I think humans will stop driving so it would allow for automated vehicles to drive safely, since there will be less data to take into consideration if all the vehicles are using the same exact operational procedures.

    We should automate vehicles to take over the mundane tasks of driving the vehicle and leave the decision making to the human operator. We are the highest order of intelligence for making such decisions (thus far).

  10. Re:Someone should email them on GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility · · Score: 1

    Apparently they have been using twitter to communicate...
    http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-godaddy-sites-down-20120910,0,3446985.story

    My domain is down, because I use their DNS (not their hosting), very irritating!

  11. Ticket price will not go up soda and pop corn will on The Hobbit's Higher Frame Rate To Cost Theater Operators · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The theaters make very little, if any, from ticket sales. They make all their money in concessions. So, if a theater has to buy expensive equipment it will be passed onto the consumer through concessions increases.

  12. Follow the Money! on Concerns Over Google Modifying SSL Behavior · · Score: 1

    Google is no more Evil than any company out there trying to make a buck. Do they care about their users? Sure, but only up to the point where it hurts the bottom line to do so.

    This new tactic moves along the same line as their view on SEO. Do they want to make it more difficult to obtain better ranking in their site? Yes, but only to the point where they make it easier to pay to get better position within listings.

    Is this new process for handling SSL information biased towards their paying customers? Obviously, they are looking to differentiate their free and paid service. If this were to move into larger deployment, say all users (logged in or not), they would be able to offer, as a premium, to their paying customers rereferer data exclusively.

    Follow the money! Does the fact that Google is out there to make a buck surprise anyone? I understand that's their goal and I don't consider them to be Evil because of it.

    With that said it seems clear that they are not using standard SSL and therefore they should not be able to advertise that their site uses SSL or HTTPS, IMHO.

  13. Computer Science = applied mathematics on Ask Slashdot: What To Tell High-Schoolers About Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    At the core of Computer Science is Applied Mathematics but I didn't figure this out until I started graduate studies. Undergraduate was all programming.

    Rarely what someone studies at university becomes what they are employed as. I don't work as a computer scientist, programmer, or mathematics. I work in IT, it's all a mater of circumstance.

  14. Re:As a prius driver on Returning Power From Electric Cars To the Grid · · Score: 1

    The difference between a gas vehicle and an electric one, in this scenario, is that fuel once pump from the ground and refined can be stored whereas electric plants have very little, if any, way to store excess electricity.

    This is still a silly idea and it would be more far efficent for electric plants to find a better way to store excess power to provide electricity during peak usage times.

    Maybe something like this http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1549209/Using-Flywheels-to-Meet-Peak-Power-Grid-Demands

  15. Shouldn't they ask us to OPT IN? on Google To Honor "Don't-Track-Me-Bro" Requests · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's our service shouldn't we be opting in rather than out? Opting out would somehow imply that it is their right to do this? Didn't they get in trouble once already for scraping people's wifi for their own gain?

  16. Apple = #1 product placement on Digital Tech and the Re-Birth of Product Placement · · Score: 1

    When I think of product placement on television I think of Apple. They are the kings of product placement in movies and television

  17. Just dial into your favorite BBS (busy signal) on How Do You Get Your Geek Nostalgia Fix? · · Score: 1

    Dial your own phone number and enjoy the busy signal... It will be like you are calling into the most elite BBS ever!

    I used to be able to diagnose a modem's connection by listening to it's handshake! I'm so glad those days are gone :)

  18. Re:why did the kiss trigger this? on The Wi-Fi Hacking Neighbor From Hell · · Score: 1

    He wasn't kissing his kid he was kissing the neighbors kid (on the lips) on the very first day they moved in... come on, nobody can think that is OK!

  19. Thing-O-Matic has this right? on 3D Chocolate Printer · · Score: 1

    I recall hearing about a chocolate extruder for http://store.makerbot.com/ Thing-O-Matic

  20. Penalized for pay as you go in MA on Man Robs Bank of $1 To Get Health Care In Jail · · Score: 1

    If you live in Massachusetts you have to pay a penalty on your state income taxes if you cannot provide proof of insurance. So, you can still pay for your medical care yourself but you are penalized for it.

  21. So you can eat it but not feed it? on San Francisco Considers Ban On All Pet Sales · · Score: 1

    ahhh yeah that's so humane! LOL

  22. Nope you're wrong on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music From My Collection? · · Score: 1

    Through an Md5 database hosted on the RIAA website or funded by the RIAA. Every legal file could be known. And then every illegal file would be among those not in the official database.

    If I encode my audio tracks at 128kbps MP3 for my player and you encode it at 192kbps AAC the MD5 hash is going to be different. The options are endless I knew someone who encoded at at 127kbps or 193kbps because they like prime numbers. I cannot imagine that unless the source of the rip encoded a digital marker that anyone, including the RIAA, could prove the music was illegal. I'm guessing the best defense against a case brought against you for music piracy would be a receipt...

  23. ASCAP and BMI charge for covers / jukebox music on Senate Bill Could Make It Illegal To Upload Lip-Synced Videos · · Score: 2

    ASCAP and BMI already charge businesses (nigh clubs/etc) that earn revenue from live bands covering music and even music being played in a jukebox. Since this is already in place I wonder why ASCAP/BMI wouldn't go after youtube.com rather than try and make the performers responsible.

    Here are their respective links:

    http://www.ascap.com/
    http://www.bmi.com/

  24. In other news.... DUH!!??? on Righthaven Loses · · Score: 1

    ahhh DUH!

  25. Both the Hero & the Villain on Steve Jobs: the Comic Book · · Score: 2

    Will he be the Hero or Villain?

    He will be both the Hero & the Villain...The article says it "describe his life from birth to the current day". I miss the days when he was a Hero!